An Irish Ghost Story
One very dark and stormy night an Irishman was on the side of the road hitchhiking. No cars were traveling that night.
The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him.
Suddenly, he saw a car slowly coming towards him and stop. Desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, the man got into the car and closed the door…only to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn’t on!!
The car started moving slowly. The man looked at the road ahead and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life.
Then, just before the car hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel. Paralyzed with terror, the man watched as the hand repeatedly came through the window, but never touched or harmed him.
Shortly thereafter the man saw the lights of a pub appear down the road. Gathering his last ounce of strength, he jumped out of the car and ran to the pub. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and started telling everybody about the horrible experience he had just had.
A silence enveloped the pub when everybody realized he was crying and scared, but absolutely hadn’t had a drop to drink.
Suddenly the door opened and two other people walked in from the stormy night. They too were soaked and out of breath.
Looking around they suddenly saw the man sobbing at the bar.
One of the fellows said to the other, “Look Paddy…there’s that freakin’ idiot that got in the car while we were pushin’ it!”